ORD. III. GEN. XL DUCK. 



SPE. VII. FEMALE SCAUP DUCK. 

 PL 251* 



In this bird the top of the head is a very dark brown : round the bafe of 

 the upper mandible, white, almoft to the eye, which is yellow : fore part of 

 the neck, and breaft, chefnut brown, mottled with black : back, dull brown, 

 mottled with grey, and fpeckled with black : belly, and vent, white : quills, 

 dull black : part of the lefs wing coverts, white : legs, dark lead colour. The 

 female does not attain the white at the bafe of the bill till the fecond year. 



The young of this fpecies may be diftinguifhed from the reft of the genus 

 by the very fhort round tail, and the end of the bill, which is broad. 



Thefe birds vifit us in fmall flights in the autumn, and in fevere winters are 

 numerous on our fea-coafts. They feed on fhell fifti, and live conftantly on 

 the fait water : though, when the wind blows very hard, they are driven inland, 

 and may be met with on frelh waters. They breed in Iceland, Lapland, and 

 America, 





